continue
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
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Ireland/kənˈtɪn.jʉu/
continue verb: to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
Verb
continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)
- To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
- Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
- Do you want me to continue to unload these?
- To make last; to prolong.
- Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?, New York, 2001, p.74
- Gino was distracted. She knew why; he wanted a son. He could talk and think of nothing else. His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in...1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 4
- To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
- […] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […]1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
- The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 257
- To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- Here to continue, and build up here / A growing empire.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew xv:32
- To resume.
- When will the concert continue?
- To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
- This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
- To make a continuation bet.
Noun
continue (plural continues)
- An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
- So if you died battling the green monster inside the cave—and you had run out of lives—maybe a continue would be available.2008, Jeannie Novak, Luis Levy, Play the Game: The Parent's Guide to Video Games, →ISBN, page 48
- Moreover, where three lives and a sparse availability of extra life-giving '1-Ups' marked the 1991 experience, the iPod player is offered an unlimited number of continues with which to progress through the gameworld.2012, James A. Newman, Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence, →ISBN, page 128
continue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
continue in Hindi
- transitive: proceed
- बने रहना bane rahnā, करते रहना karte rahnā
continue in Tamil
- transitive: proceed
- தொடர் toṭar
- intransitive: resume
- தொடர் toṭar
continue in Marathi
- चालू ठेवा, पुढे चालू ठेवा, चालू ठेवायला
continue in Urdu
- جاری رہنا, جاری رکھنا
More languagesFewer languages
- continue in Bengali
- চলা, বজায় রাখা, চালান, বিস্তার করা
- continue in Telugu
- ఉండిపోవు uṇḍipōvu
- continue in Malayalam
- തുടരുക tuṭaruka
- continue in Kannada
- ಸಾಗು, ಮುಂದಿವರಿ, ಮುಂದುವರಿಸು, ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸದಿರು
- continue in Punjabi
- ਜਾਰੀ ਰੱਖੋ, ਜਾਰੀ ਰੱਖਣਾ
- continue in Gujarati
- ચાલુ રાખો, ચાલુ રાખવા, ચાલુ રાખવાનું
- continue in Odia
- ଚାଲିବା cālibā, ଲାଗିବା lāgibā
- continue in Nepali
- जारी राख्न, जारी राख्ने
- continue in Pashto
- پايول pâyawál
- continue in Arabic
- تَابَعَ tābaʕa, اِسْتَمَرَّ istamarra, دَامَ dāma
- continue in Persian
- ادامه دادن edâme dâdan
- continue in Thai
- ทำต่อไป
- continue in Vietnamese
- tiếp tục
Examples of continue in a sentence
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill....
- It continues to do so while efforts continue towards long-term recovery.2012 February 13, Hilary Whiteman, “Japan: False thermometer may be behind high readings”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Nov...
- He was pulled down in the area by Cech but referee Atkinson allowed play to continue for Bale to roll the ball into an empty net.2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2022:
- It has emphasised that the proposals do not involve any work on the railway itself, so train services would continue to run throughout.2022 January 12, “Network News: £7.2 million plan to stop flooding and protect South West rail link”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:
Synonyms of continue
Antonyms
Forms of continue
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | continues |
| present participle | continuing |
| past participle | continued |
| past | continued |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | continuest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | continuedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | continueth |
| Noun | |
| plural | continues |
Origin of continue
From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuō. Displaced native Middle English thurghwonen, from Old English þurhwunian.
Words formed from continue
- continuable
- continual
- continually
- continuant
- continuation
- continuative
- continuatively
- continued fraction
- continuedly
- continued on page 94
- continued page 94
- continue on one's merry way
- continuing education
- continuingly
- continuing resolution
- continuity
- continuous
- continuously
- continuum
- discontinue
- miscontinue
- noncontinuing
- recontinue
- to be continued
Words that rhyme with continue
Questions about continue
- What does continue mean?
- Continue means to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
- What is continue in Hindi?
- Continue in Hindi is बने रहना (bane rahnā), करते रहना (karte rahnā). See Continue meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use continue in a sentence?
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
- What part of speech is continue?
- Continue can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce continue?
- Continue is pronounced /kənˈtɪn.juː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of continue?
- The past tense of continue is continued.
Words near continue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: continue (page history and authors); continue (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continue (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); continue (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉండిపోవు (Telugu) (page history and authors); തുടരുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); continue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); continue (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continue (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଚାଲିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); continue (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); پايول (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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